Do I need to instruct a lawyer before starting my CrowdJustice campaign?

Do I need to instruct a lawyer before starting my CrowdJustice campaign?

Written by Maeve Storey Updated over a week ago

As a platform built for legal, trust and safety for Case Owners and Backers is a priority for us. For this reason, in order to start fundraising on CrowdJustice, we will need to confirm that you:

a) have officially instructed a lawyer that funds raised can be transferred to;b) have a lawyer who is willing to accept instruction from you, pending funds being raised and transferred*.

If you are a registered charity or non-profit, you do not need to have a lawyer instructed, as funds can be sent directly to your organisation.

*It’s often possible to instruct a solicitor in principle (i.e. they will represent you after you’ve raised the fees) – as long as we’re able to confirm that instruction, you can raise funds for these fees through CrowdJustice.

Does a lawyer need to review my CrowdJustice page before it launches?

In some cases, depending on the nature of your legal matter, it may be mandatory for a lawyer to review your page before it goes live. If this is not possible, we have templated language that can be used for your page.

Can you help me find a lawyer or can you recommend one?

Unfortunately, we can't help with finding a lawyer or with recommending one.